{"id":11804,"date":"2026-06-22T23:21:51","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T03:21:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/?p=11804"},"modified":"2026-06-22T23:21:52","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T03:21:52","slug":"industriales-strikes-first-in-the-elite-league-semifinals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/industriales-strikes-first-in-the-elite-league-semifinals-22062026\/","title":{"rendered":"Industriales Strikes First in the Elite League Semifinals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Industriales<\/em> imposed their will today at the <em>Latinoamericano<\/em> Stadium with a 5-3 victory over <em>Mayabeque<\/em> and opened the semifinals of the IV Elite League of Cuban Baseball, marking their territory from their den.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The capital city team found a balance between precise pitching and timely offensive power to subdue the <em>Huracanes<\/em>, who had been their unwelcome shadow during the qualifying stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Andy Vargas pitched five dominant innings without allowing a run, but after he left the game, the tide turned, and <em>Mayabeque<\/em> capitalized on Alberto Hechavarr\u00eda\u2019s wildness and a bases-loaded walk by Jordan Williams to take a momentary lead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <em>Industriales<\/em>\u2018 response was immediate and ferocious. After Leodan Reyes left the game, they put together a four-run rally, highlighted by reinforcements Andrys P\u00e9rez and Eduardo Blanco, along with Taylon S\u00e1nchez\u2019s RBI double that turned the game around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">P\u00e9rez himself punished the <em>Huracanes <\/em>again in the seventh inning to extend the lead, in an offense that chose the perfect moment to roar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fernando Betanzo earned the win despite Frederich Cepeda\u2019s solo home run that made the scoreline more respectable, while Yunier Batista closed out the game with authority to secure the save.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the other side of the country, <em>Las Tunas<\/em> steamrolled <em>Holgu\u00edn<\/em> again, knocking them out 13-0 with a 16-hit offensive barrage that included home runs from Maikel Yordan Molina and Yassel Izaguirre, the latter for the second consecutive day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Enyer Fern\u00e1ndez pitched a complete game with consistent dominance to earn the victory, while Sammy Ben\u00edtez suffered the loss for the <em>Cachorros<\/em>, who used five pitchers but couldn\u2019t stop the<em> Las Tunas<\/em> onslaught.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The semifinal continues this Tuesday at the <em>Latinoamericano <\/em>Stadium, while the eastern derby moves to <em>Holgu\u00edn\u2019s Calixto Garc\u00eda<\/em> Stadium in search of a turnaround that currently seems unlikely.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Industriales imposed their will today at the Latinoamericano Stadium with a 5-3 victory over Mayabeque and opened the semifinals of the IV Elite League of Cuban Baseball, marking their territory&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11805,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[42],"class_list":["post-11804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"authors":[{"term_id":42,"user_id":0,"is_guest":1,"slug":"radio-habana-cuba","display_name":"Radio Habana Cuba","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g","0":null,"1":"","2":"","3":"","4":"","5":"","6":"","7":"","8":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11804"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11804\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11806,"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11804\/revisions\/11806"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11804"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=11804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}